Rail-joint



P. KANTOR.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1920.

13356529. Pitented Oct. 26,1920.

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attorney PAUL ANron, or scams; rnnnsrnviinia I T 0 all whom it m y concern Be a known that 1, PAUL KA TO abilizen of Poland,'residing at Sonman, in the, county of Cambriaand State of .Pennsyl- Vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the y a o i followlng 1s aspecification. I

This invention relates to certain new: and

useful improvements in rail joints and has for its primary object to provide a sup ort-V ing block or chair for the meeting 'en s of rails with the block or chair supported on spaced ties while the tread'portions of the rails overlie the chair to provide a-tread surface. 1

chair and prevented from relative lateral movement, the device being associated with the rail' ends and chair to prevent relative perpendicular movement:

. With the above andother objects in view,

the present invention consists in the novel form, comblnation and, arrangement of i parts hereinafter more fully; describedin connection with the accompanying drawings 7 views.

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and wherein like reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the several In the drawings,

Figure 1 is'a sideelevationalviewjof a oint chair constructed 1n accordance wlth the present invention, a pair of supporting ties being illustrated with the rails broken Fig. is a longitudinal sectional view showing the key engaging the ends of the 7 a a vided withrestricted openings-8coirnnunb j.

rail webs to prevent vertical movement,

Fig. 3 is a horlzontal sectional view taken on line IIIIII of Fig. 2 showing the ends-- of the rails interlocked with the joint chairand the transverse rail webs, V 1

Fig. l is a vertical cross sectional view taken on lineIIV-IV of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is an end elevationaljview o f the joint chair,

Fig. 6 is a top locking key engaging the lan view thereof showing I thereceiving soc ets for the endsof the rails,

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RAIL-mini y I Specification of LettersI Eatent. Patil'tEd Application filed July 27 v 7 is an end elevational view of onefof 1920. Serial No. 399,218.

the rails showing the transverse; slot in the I rail'web-for reception of the transverse lock-- ing key and w i gs. 8 and'9 are side elevational and bot tom. plan views respectively ofone of the I rail ends showing: the configuration of'the projecting. web; portion; I i i 3 Referring more "in detail to the accom panying drawings, there is illustrated a joint chair supported gon" crossflties l, the chair comprising abase' plate Q' h'avingthe" underside at'the ends thereof cut a a as 6 at 3 to provide abuttingshoulders-3shown more clearly in Figs; 1,2, and-5,for'engaging theopposed faces of adjacent tieswhile the cut away portions; 3 are countersunk in the supporting tiesias illustrated. "As'shown 7O in Fig. 6, the upper face off the base plate at v ach en'dfthereof is cut away at each j end thereof to provide a seat: for the base fianges ofthe adjacent ends of-rails. In mounting the chair upon :adjfacent ties, se-

curing spikes are passed through the openings 5 formed in the walls'ofthe seatsil a.

thus to retain thefjoint chairs 'anchored'pn the supporting'ties. :The central portion of the joint chair is constructedfor interlock-F ing engagement with the meeting ends of rails, this construction being more clearly shown in Figs. 3, 5, 6,;in WhlChffigurGS' there is illustrated a central block 6 'pro'- jecting perpendicularly fromthe base plate I 2 and ofsubstantial oval shape in cross sec tion as shown inFigs. 3and' Theopposite ends ofthe' block 6' are' provided with} vertical cylindrical sockets 7 opening at the upper end of the blocl'r 6 withthe base plate- 2 forming a bottom wall therefonwhile the opposite reduced'en'ds of the block are pro eating with the sockets transverse opening 9' is-provided inthecentral block 6 ata point adjacent the lower;- end thereof and theside walls'of said opening'intersect l construction. as illustrated,'each comprising a tread 10,:base flanges 11','and aconnecting web 12. As shown in Figs. 7 to .9, the rail web '12 projects beyond theend of'the base flanges 1.1 andis formed into a cylindrical tending downwardly tothe plane of the plug 13 connected to the rail web 12 by a reduced neck portion14, the plug 13'6X- lower face of the base flanges, the tread retaining its usual configuration and pIO-- jecting beyond the base flanges, web and plug 13 as shown at 10 in Figs. 8and 9. F or purposespresently to appear, the enc ,face'of theplug13 is provided with a trans- 10 verse slot 1 In assembling the rail sections in the joint chair, it being understood that the connecting neck portions 14 passing through chair is secured to adjacent ties as above described, the'rail ends are elevated with respect to the joint chair with the web plug members 13 overlying the seats 7 in .the chair block 6, it being understood that the plugs 13 are of a diameter substantially .equal to the diameter of said seats, the

plugs 13 being lowered thereinto with the the end openings 8 of the block and when the rail ends are completely lowered, relative lateralor axial movement of the rail ends is prevented. When so positioned,the

transverse slots 15 in the plugs 13 register with the central transverse opening 9 in the block 6, thus providing a keyway within which the headed key 16 is inserted, the

reduced projecting end of the key being provided with an. opening 17 I registering with an opening 18 in the base plate 21 through which openings the cotter pin 19 i is inserted, thereby retaining the key' 16 in position with the key entering the plug slots. 15 to prevent'vertical movementvot the rail ends with respect to the joint chair. As a further means for retaining the chair and rails to the ties, spikes 20 are passed through registering'openings 21. and 22 formed. in the base -flanges 11 of the rails and the seats 4 of the joint chair, respectively,

is entirely eliminated and v the rail'sections are securely locked to the supporting ties, the form of-ch-air herein disclosed being extremely simple in point of construc tion and inexpensive to manufacture, the

same embodying comparatively few parts and also being of a nature whereby a quick assembling thereof may be accomplished.

While there is hereinshown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changesmay be made therein withcylindrical plugs carried by the web p01 IVith this type of connec tion, relative movements of the rail ends out departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is: r

1. In combination, a jointchair compris ing a base plate, a central block carried thereby, the'opposite ends of said block being provided with perpendicular cylindrical seats having reduced openings at the ends of the blockand meeting rail ends having tions thereof received in said seats with the rail treads overlying said block and means for anchoring the chair and rails to the ties. V

2. In combination,-a joint chair comprising a base plate, a central, block carried thereby, the opposite ends'of said block being provided with perpendicular cylindrical seats having reduced openings at the ends of the block and meeting rail ends having cylindrical plugs carried by the web parcylindrical plugs carried by the web por- V tionsthereof received in said seats with the rail treads overlying said block,-means, for anchoring the chair and rails to the ties, and means for locking the rail plugs within the chair block. j l, 3. In combination, ,a joint chaircompris ing av base plate, aiocentral blockcarried thereby, the opposite ends of said blockbeing provided with perpendicular cylindrical" seats having reduced openings at the ends:

of the block and meeting rail ends having;

tions thereof received in said seats with the rail treads overlying said block, means for anchoring the chair and; rails to the ties, and means engaging the'blockand rail plugs to lock the rails, within the block. 4:. 'Ineombination, ajoint chair comprising a base plate, a central block carried registering withsaid opening and a key 111 serted in said block opening and entering the plug slots to lockthe rail ends inthe bloc i In testimony whereof I affix signature- V 7 PAUL KANTOR. V 

